There’s another project out there that intends to do something similar going on right now which is Starship Yorktown, which is salvaging just the live-action material and completely redoing the FX and inserting new footage. And so it’s a very TOS Remastered sort of thing where it blends the old with the new, and that makes sense because it has established actors like George Takei in it. It’s a little harder to justify saving old 8 or 16mm footage of unknown amateur actors. It’s the very crudeness of the production and the anachronistic mutton-chops and poofy hair that kind of become the main appeal, not so much the storytelling.

So you have to ask yourself whether the time-capsule aspect of it, as a historical document, is what matters to you most, or the Trek story you meant to tell is what matters. If it’s the story, of your unique take on the Trek mythos, then that is really not shackled to old footage that is costly to restore, and you can take it anywhere you want with modern digital cameras, editing, and FX.

A sequel to Paragons Paragon would of course not be feasible with the same cast, not unless you set it within the TOS movies, and that would not allow you to use the Ajax set, since it’s a TOS set.

I just think, if you feel that you’ve mined whatever nostalgia-value there was to be had by documenting your old work for people on the internet, that the next step is to try something new, since in so many respects it’s easier these days.

The reason I thought a remake might appeal to you is if you feel that you simply can’t present the old work in a way that satisfies your original internal vision, you could get a second crack at it now. I would think, though, that with the passage of time you do have something else to say that reflects your older, wiser perspective, rather than who you were and what mattered to you in the 1970s.

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Technology has not only made FX easier to do, it provides a way to remotely collaborate and gather knowledge that you didn’t have access to back then. To me, this is the most promising aspect. I currently have someone who is working on a CG model for my show–for free. And he lives in Brazil. This sort of thing was simply impossible before. Once you begin to really get keyed onto the possibilities, it becomes quite exciting. It’s not without its challenges, but using the full resources of the internet is the way to go.

Blake

Here’s a kid making homemade versions of movie trailers, including the last Star Trek/JJ Abrams trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YeoEIFcSbs&list=UUpVx5z7QBMcURruCBwNaPWg&index=1